April 2017

Perfect weather, people dancing, and beautiful flowers everywhere - this is the scene of the city during its annual “Flower Festival” held between the last week of July and first week of August. Countryside people spend two to three months constructing their silletas (figures made

When we hear the word “slavery”, we usually imagine the past, but sadly, this is still a cruel reality for many around the world. Human trafficking is a worldwide phenomenon affecting various groups of society: children, women and men. In December 2016, for the first

Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment giant, has announced it will start marketing its first series of shoes manufactured by robots in Germany in 2017. Much like other manufacturers in the Western world, Adidas moved its production to Asia more than 20 years ago to

With all the media noise surrounding Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy, the international community has not paid enough attention to Russia’s domestic events. This February the president signed an amendment to the Russian criminal code that decriminalized certain forms of domestic violence. The new law qualified

For some in the West, climate change is still a topic to be hotly debated. However, in many areas of the world rapid shifts in weather patterns have already arrived. Unfortunately, these larger global trends are at risk of further deterioration by the broad growth

With just a few days left before the French Presidential election, many are anxious to see whether the wave of nationalist populism seen in the United States and across Europe will bring Marine Le Pen and her National Front (NF) to power.
French elections do not usually garner such global

At his inauguration, Donald Trump made remarks few would expect from the President of the United States. Standing in front of the Capitol, Trump echoed his “America First” rhetoric, not against any one country or institution, but against an undeniable force in today's world —

In much of the world, the political current has changed course from globalization towards nationalism. While military spending and sharp upticks in nationalism are not always entirely related, one often follows the other.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, ran on a campaign of,

The deepening political paralysis within the United States over the last 15 years is neither an isolated nor random phenomena. This development corresponds with a vast growth in social inequality and the economic decimation of numerous rural communities. In several ways, the stunning victory of

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed the impeached president, Park Geun-hye, from office, and a general election for the new president will take place in May. With the mounting scandals in both political and economic sectors last few months, the liberal opposition gained significant momentum, and

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